Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

from the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, and colleagues geospatially analyzed microplastic concentration data within 200 nautical miles of the U.S. also from Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, said in a statement. Bhargav Makwana, M.D., coastline to calculate mean MMLs.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

But if ACE units are so great, why do so few hospitals have them? Kellie Flood’s paper in JAMA IM showing that not only ACE units deliver better care, but also help with the hospitals bottom line. Eric: And we’re going to be talking about improving hospital care for older adults via ACE units, or acute care for elders.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

13 Here is some evidence: From 2004-2020, 8,718 GLP-1 analogs-associated tumors were reported to the FDA. Patients with heart failure show less hospital admissions improved symptoms (in correlation to their weight loss). 10 , 9 In patients with uncontrolled or potentially unstable diabetic retinopathy, treatment with semaglutide 2.4

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and post-COVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023). Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients discharged from AMCs in the US from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023. Mixed models were used for analysis.

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention. A light bulb went on for me as I had the exact same thought about 6 years ago when I began to think about leaving my job in an office owned by a hospital system. One study showed that the average primary care visit is 18.9

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FDA Law

JUNE 15, 2022

Kirschenbaum — In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a final rule to significantly decrease the rate the government will reimburse 340B hospitals in 2018 for outpatient prescription drugs from average sales price (“ASP”) plus 6% to ASP minus 22.5%. 52494 (Nov. CMS estimated a savings of $1.6 See 42 U.S.C.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

In this episode, Dr. Ben Grebber, a pediatric resident at Boston Children’s Hospital/Tufts Children’s Hospital, discusses Bee Stings and Spider Bites. It is summertime, so the bees and bugs are out! Available from: [link] Bond, G. Snake, spider, and scorpion envenomation in North America. Pansare, M., Bronstein, MD, 2016.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

West Coast wildfires of 2020 affected the spread of airborne diseases. Beatriz Arregui-García, from Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinary Sistemas Complejos in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and colleagues examined how wildfire-induced changes in human behavior during the U.S. ” Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Tsai has seen race-based medicine play out in clinical practice 10:45 What role should race play in making clinical decisions? 13:16 Status of the current conversation on removing race from eGFR calculators: why is it so contentious? Poet Marge Piercy has written, “The work of the world is as common as mud.”

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

OUR ENTIRE FIELD of hospital medicine grew out of the need to innovate to address the growing complexities of inpatient medicine. We have seen explosive growth and become a cornerstone of modern health care systems. Yet this expansion has come with a significant administrative burden, particularly that of clinical documentation.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Dr. Karla Williams Dr. Karla Williams is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine at UAB in Birmingham, AL. She serves as an assistant program director and the director of diversity and inclusion for the Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

She currently practices at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She currently practices at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Health Equity Considerations in State Bills Related to Doula Care (2015–2020). During this episode, we hear from Dr. S. References Ogunwole, S. Zakaria, S., Vaught, A. Karbeah, J., Cooper, L.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Heard-Garris draws parallels between the culture within the carceral system and that within hospitals and clinics. Hospitals and clinics also have security, armed guards, and police whose roles are to impose control, and their presence can impact health outcomes for patients.

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FDA Law

MARCH 29, 2024

In March 2020 , FDA temporarily postponed all foreign and domestic and routine surveillance facility inspections. These are BIMO inspections of hospitals, clinical research organizations (CROs), and other similar facilities where clinical trial work is performed. Claud & Kalie E. Inspections went down—way down—during the pandemic.

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BMJ

JULY 17, 2020

8 For example, prestigious medical schools and hospitals could use official WeChat accounts to share information and news with the general public. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2020 (May 21; published online). Front Commun ́2020 (June 12; published online). Accessed June 21, 2020 from: [link]. 新闻战线[News Frontline] 2020;(3):1–10.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

However, FDA states that this exemption does not apply to corporate or hospital laboratories that employ licensed practitioners, and the agency says FD&C Act otherwise contains no exception or limitation for devices manufactured by laboratories. Premarket Approval or De Novo pathways).

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000845 The appetite for and ability to collect accurate digital patient-level data in low-resource settings has fueled numerous massive global health initiatives. Digital uptake is more prevalent in high-volume and urban hospital networks.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

A workgroup convened in 2020 found that the existing practice categories candidates could choose were inadequate to the real scope of community practice and proposed updates drawn from the American Medical Association and the Diplomate Professional Profile. 4,372 of these (92%) also have a current valid certificate in Internal Medicine.

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

According to Epic, the number of patient messages spiked 151 percent nationally from the period covering the first 11 weeks of 2020 through the end of the year. Why MyChart messages create a challenge for hospital systems So more contact and connection between doctors and patients seems like a good thing, right? Absolutely.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Policing in Schools and Hospitals Health care systems must actively advocate and protect their patients and that means we have to also reevaluate the presence of police in our spaces. This starts with self-education and a commitment to speak up when blatant examples of racism come up in the work space and beyond.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

Michael’s Hospital in Unity Health Toronto, and Dr. Alika Lafontaine, the current President of the Canadian Medical Association. During this episode, we hear from Dr. Nav Persaud, a staff physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), which reported that discounted purchases totaled $38 billion in 2020, a 27% increase compared to 2019. Drug Manufacturers Fight Back Against Proliferation of Contract Pharmacy Arrangements. Drug manufacturers raised their concerns about the 340B program with HRSA with no success.

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FDA Law

JUNE 22, 2022

Moreover, the non-prosecution agreement resulting from the criminal investigation illustrates the extent of liability for hospitals and other health care entities and the importance to maintain robust controls and oversight over employee activities related to dispensing and administering controlled substances. 4, 2022).

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FDA Law

MAY 3, 2021

In July 2020, DEA stated as a justification for increasing registration fees that it planned to increase the number of scheduled regulatory inspections and investigations. 44,710, 44,716 (July 24, 2020). Thus, non-compliance can be very costly, so it is more important than ever to dot every “i,” cross every “t.”. 21 U.S.C. §

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Despite a rather long history of granting multiple PTEs, in 2020, in an about-face, the PTO took the position that multiple PTEs are no longer supported by the statute. FDA-2020-E-1840 (July 13, 2020). FDA-2020-E-1840 (Mar. 2020) , has not yet—and to our surprise—ended up in court. Ezra Ventures LLC, 909 F.3d

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A 2020 RCT of coaching for primary care physicians shows that coaching improves burnout well-being during the intervention and has a sustained duration at 6 months of follow up. Summary Transcript Summary Coaching is in. When I was a junior faculty, coaching wasn’t a thing. We address: What is coaching? How does it differ from therapy?

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

Physicians, whether in small practices or employed by hospitals, face a daunting challenge when trying to get a payer to approve a medication, procedure or imaging study. The standard of care was hospital admission and surgical ablation of the obstruction to urine flow. The cost of the hospital procedure was $25,000 to $35,000.

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FDA Law

MARCH 31, 2022

CMS gives the following illustration for a drug whose list price is $2,000: If a beneficiary is undergoing treatment with the drug and is hospitalized in year one, the GNUP will be $500. If a beneficiary is undergoing treatment with the drug and hospitalized in year two, the GNUP will be $750. See 42 C.F.R. 447.505(a), 85 Fed.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

We debate the merits of use of CGM in the nursing home and other late life settings (Eric and I argue against CGM and lose). Ozempic is a new fancy med that, by the way, leads to weight loss among celebrities, resulting in shortages of the drug from people using it off-label for that purpose. Listen in to learn more! Nadine: I do. Good choice.

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FDA Law

MAY 3, 2021

In July 2020, DEA stated as a justification for increasing registration fees that it planned to increase the number of scheduled regulatory inspections and investigations. 44,710, 44,716 (July 24, 2020). Thus, non-compliance can be very costly, so it is more important than ever to dot every “i,” cross every “t.”. 21 U.S.C. §

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Team members and families eagerly await your intervention to halt the seizure and understand its underlying cause. Your team relies on your expertise as you outline a set of actionable steps to restore the patient to their previous baseline condition. Selecting the appropriate medications, if necessary, is of paramount importance.

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FDA Law

JUNE 22, 2023

Regarding COVID-19, Tim Stenzel, Director of CDRH’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostics, has stated that “in-home testing and home collections is a top priority” ( June 2020 FDA Virtual Town Hall ); “obviously home over-the-counter tests including rapid antigen tests are a high priority” ( February 2021 FDA Virtual Town Hall ). By McKenzie E.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Yannis Valtis, Ebi Okah, and Carine Davila, about research in their respective fields.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

For more great reads, feel free to browse my lists from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , and 2015-2020. The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town , by Brian Alexander 5. The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town , by Brian Alexander 5. Hope this list helps with your holiday shopping! ** 1.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. Is it you Lyndsay?

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

The law directs Texas universities and hospitals to lead the research. The goal is to support clinical trials and bring in another $50 million in private investment to help ibogaine win approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The process could take years. Ibogaine is made from the root of a plant found in Africa.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A JAMA review article quotes a 2020 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline as recommending surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for patients younger than 65 years, TAVI for patients 80 years or older, and either procedure in patients 65 to 79 years, depending on operative risk and comorbidities.

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